"Your servant spoke out of turn. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
Eunuch Liu secretly cursed himself for courting death. How could he have brought up the Empress at a time like this?
"Get out."
"Yes." When Eunuch Liu left the Imperial Study, a layer of cold sweat had broken out across his back.
His Majesty's authority was growing stronger by the day.
But compared to the Regent, he was still...
Forget it. These were not matters a servant like him should be thinking about.
*
Su Qiao had a wonderful time. She did not return to the Imperial Palace until the streets had grown increasingly deserted.
After changing into a padded jacket and skirt and tidying herself up a little, she leaped out the window. Like a nimble cat, she darted between the flowers, plants, and trees.
Host, you're wrong again. This isn't the way.
Little Four, what's going on with this palace? Why does it look like a maze?
Why did they build so many little paths?
It's making it so hard for me to find anywhere.
Your man is here. Ask him. I'm powerless to help you.
The host is hopelessly direction-blind. I've reminded her so many times, yet she still managed to run this far off course.
"Don't call out. It's me."
Ye Jinghua had followed behind her the entire way, the confusion in his eyes deepening.
Only after confirming that the little thing had truly gotten lost did he silently chuckle and appear before her.
"Why are you here?"
Because Little Four had warned her, Su Qiao was not surprised in the slightest. She quietly pulled him behind a fake hill.
Ye Jinghua did not answer. "It's so late. Why are you wandering around the Imperial Palace? Where are you trying to go?"
"I want to